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Public Radio reporters shot at with pepper balls while covering Louisville protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Jess Clark (Kentucky Public Radio)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

MSNBC reporter struck with projectile during live broadcast from Washington protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Targets: Garrett Haake (MSNBC)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Unknown

Oregon reporter hit with tear gas canister while documenting protests; city settles lawsuit

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Case number: 6:20-cv-01180
Targets: Henry Houston (Eugene Weekly)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Photojournalist shoved by NYPD officers while covering protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: New York, New York
Targets: Edward Leavy Jr. (Green Left)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Unknown

Journalist hit with crowd-control munitions fired by police during Portland protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Portland, Oregon
Targets: John (Full Revolution Media)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Colorado magazine editor hit in groin by rubber bullet while covering protest

Incident Details

Updated on: August 16, 2024
Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Case number: 1:20-cv-01878
Targets: Johnathen Duran (Yellow Scene Magazine)
Case status: Settled
Type of case: Civil

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Freelance photographer hit with rubber bullets in Detroit, officer charged

Incident Details

Updated on: October 21, 2024
Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Seth Herald (Agence France-Presse [France])

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

MLive photographer hit with rubber bullets in Detroit; officer charged

Incident Details

Updated on: October 21, 2024
Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Targets: Nicole Hester (MLive)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Sacramento Bee reporter shoved to the ground while covering protests in California capital

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Sacramento, California
Targets: Sam Stanton (The Sacramento Bee)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Equipment damaged →: Computer, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Journalist assaulted while covering protests in Birmingham

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Targets: Madison Underwood (AL.com)

Assailant →: Private individual
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Denver Post reporter aimed at with weapon amid protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Alex Burness (The Denver Post)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Denver police train a less-lethal rifle at Colorado Public Radio reporter

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Denver, Colorado
Targets: Esteban Hernandez (Denverite & Colorado Public Radio)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

KMBC 9 News vehicle vandalized during Kansas City protests on May 31

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Targets: KMBC-TV

Equipment damaged →: Vehicle, 1
Actor →: Private individual

Univision reporters hit with pepper ball rounds during Vegas protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Fernando Rentería (Univision)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Unknown

Reporter covering protests for Las Vegas Review-Journal struck by projectiles

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Targets: Shea Johnson (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

Public radio reporters shot with pepper balls while covering Louisville protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Targets: Ryland Barton (Kentucky Public Radio)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Minnesota State Patrol officers threaten cameraman for German outlet

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Stefan Simons (Deutsche Welle [Germany])

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Minnesota State Patrol officers push Canadian journalist amid protests

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Philippe Leblanc (Radio Canada)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Minnesota State Patrol officers shoot at CBS news crew in Minneapolis

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Targets: Tim Horstman (CBS News)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: Yes

Broadcast photojournalist hit with pepper balls and tear gas during Tulsa protest

Incident Details

Date of incident: May 31, 2020
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Targets: Jacob Aranda (KTUL)

Assailant →: Law enforcement
Was the journalist targeted? →: No

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